1897-09-02 Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after serving in World War I. He made his first film appearance in 1928 and subsequently became a familiar face in British, and occasionally American films, until his death. He appeared less often on television, but many of his films have remained popular and are often shown. He acted in two adaptations of A. J. Cronin's novels, The Citadel (1938) and The Stars Look Down (1940), in addition to appearing in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Under Capricorn (1949), both of the later films were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Other roles were in 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Dangerous Moonlight (1941), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), and I Was Monty's Double (1958), as well as the comedies A French Mistress (1960), The Ladykillers (1955), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Court Jester (1955), Indiscreet (1958) and I Believe in You (1952). Parker was also the original Charles Condomine in the West End production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, a role subsequently played on Broadway by Clifton Webb and in the 1945 film by Rex Harrison. He often played a touchy senior officer or British upper-class character, and his last two films were true to form: The Magnificent Two (1967) with the British comedy double act Morecambe and Wise and Richard Attenborough's version of Oh! What A Lovely War (1969). He played an evil, scheming butler on one episode of The Avengers ("The £50,000 Breakfast"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil Parker , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Oh! What a Lovely War | Sir John | 1969-03-10 | |
The Magnificent Two | British Ambassador | 1967-07-05 | |
Circus of Fear | Sir John | 1966-04-29 | |
A Man Could Get Killed | Sir Huntley Frazier | 1966-03-25 | |
A Study in Terror | Prime Minister | 1965-10-01 | |
Lady L | Sir Percy | 1965-12-17 | |
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | The Mayor | 1965-05-26 | |
The Comedy Man | Thomas Rutherford | 1964-09-03 | |
Guns at Batasi | Fletcher | 1964-10-30 | |
Carry On Jack | First Sealord | 1964-02-23 | |
The Iron Maiden | Sir Giles Thompson | 1963-06-07 | |
Heavens Above! | Archdeacon Aspinall | 1963-05-20 | |
The Brain | Stevenson | 1962-09-05 | |
The Amorous Prawn | Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam | 1962-11-26 | |
On the Fiddle | Gr/Cpt Bascombe | 1961-10-10 | |
Petticoat Pirates | C-in-C | 1961-11-01 | |
On the Fiddle | Group Capt. Bascombe | 1961-10-10 | |
Sotto dieci bandiere | Colonel Howard | 1960-09-15 | |
A French Mistress | John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School | 1960-08-25 | |
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Professor Canford | 1960-12-22 | |
Swiss Family Robinson | Captain Moreland | 1960-12-21 | |
Follow That Horse! | 1960-07-11 | ||
The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser | 1959-10-10 | |
The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Inquiry Chairman | 1959-11-17 | |
The Navy Lark | Cmdr. Stanton | 1959-01-01 | |
Indiscreet | Alfred Munson | 1958-07-16 | |
A Tale of Two Cities | Jarvis Lorry | 1958-02-07 | |
Happy Is the Bride | Arthur Royd | 1958-03-04 | |
I Was Monty's Double | Colonel E.F. Logan | 1958-10-21 | |
The Admirable Crichton | Lord Henry Loam | 1957-06-11 | |
True as a Turtle | Dudley Partridge | 1957-02-01 | |
23 Paces to Baker Street | Bob Matthews | 1956-05-18 | |
It's Great to be Young! | Frome, Headmaster | 1956-12-26 | |
The Constant Husband | Llewellyn | 1955-04-21 | |
The Court Jester | King Roderick I | 1955-12-24 | |
The Ladykillers | Claude, alias 'Major Courtney' | 1955-12-08 | |
For Better, for Worse | Anne's Father | 1954-06-20 | |
Father Brown | The Bishop | 1954-06-08 | |
Isn't Life Wonderful! | Charles, the boy's father | 1954-11-10 | |
I Believe in You | Henry Phipps | 1952-03-05 | |
His Excellency | Sir James Kirkman | 1952-01-22 | |
The Magic Box | 1st Platform Man | 1952-01-01 | |
The Man in the White Suit | Alan Birnley | 1951-08-07 | |
Tony Draws a Horse | 1950-06-01 | ||
Dear Mr. Prohack | Arthur Prohack | 1949-09-07 | |
The Chiltern Hundreds | Benjamin Beecham | 1949-09-27 | |
Under Capricorn | The Governor | 1949-09-08 | |
The First Gentleman | The Prince Regent | 1948-03-15 | |
The Weaker Sex | Geoffrey Radcliffe | 1948-10-11 | |
Quartet | Colonel George Peregrine | 1948-10-26 | |
Captain Boycott | Capt. Charles C. Boycott | 1947-08-26 | |
Hungry Hill | Copper John | 1947-01-07 | |
The Woman in the Hall | Sir Halmar Barnard | 1947-10-27 | |
The Magic Bow | Luigi Germi | 1946-09-20 | |
Caesar and Cleopatra | Britannus | 1945-12-11 | |
The Saint's Vacation | Rudolph Hauser | 1941-05-09 | |
Dangerous Moonlight | Specialist | 1941-06-26 | |
Ships with Wings | German Air Marshal | 1941-11-10 | |
Under Your Hat | Sir Jeffrey Arlington | 1940-09-01 | |
The Stars Look Down | Stanley Millington | 1940-01-22 | |
Sons of the Sea | Cmdr. Herbert | 1939-12-23 | |
The Lady Vanishes | Eric Todhunter | 1938-10-07 | |
The Citadel | Dr. Charles Every | 1938-10-29 | |
Housemaster | Sir Berkeley Nightingale | 1938-01-31 | |
Storm in a Teacup | Provost William Gow | 1937-02-25 | |
Dark Journey | Captain Of Q-Boat | 1937-07-02 | |
Jack of All Trades | Sir Chas. Darrington | 1936-12-30 | |
The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Gratton | 1936-09-11 | |
Dishonour Bright | Vincent Crane | 1936-09-21 | |
Men of Yesterday | 1936-05-01 | ||
Her Last Affaire | Sir Arthur Harding | 1935-10-21 | |
Me and Marlborough | Colonel of the Greys | 1935-07-22 | |
The Guv'nor | Bank Director | 1935-10-01 | |
Crime Unlimited | Assistant Commissioner | 1935-08-01 | |
Foreign Affaires | Lord Wormington | 1935-11-21 | |
The Blue Squadron | 1934-12-12 | ||
Little Friend | Mason | 1934-11-18 | |
Lady in Danger | Piker | 1934-11-27 | |
Dirty Work | Gordon Bray | 1934-12-07 | |
The Golden Cage | 1933-03-30 | ||
A Cuckoo in the Nest | Claude Hickett | 1933-11-11 |